Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-15
|SUCGKSFUL CRUISER.
The Trial Trip Of the AtIan-
ia . Complete Success.
National District Asssm-
bly, Of Iron Workers
Organized.
Interesting Collection Of Fig
ures on the Liquor
Consumption.
Paraunea BY ths Rrsaiasnt = For tls
safssy sf Panssngsss-FAfal Rssk
sll6s-Briak Mkksrs Threat.
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8ucccs4fnl TRIAL HEln.
WknnuozsE. ApEil 1l.--1he trial lrin
of the cruiser Atlanta seems % have
proved complete success at l0aea 90 tar
e. The speed attained b concerned. A
talaeram reesiped q The Navy Depars
ment this morning states that al aver.
laae speed Of l5k knots Per hour was
maintained for six consecutive hours.
uhile at timesthe veasal spsod axoseasd
Is knoes per boar.
No reports Of tha indiaator tests Of ths
horsa power mnde yestardaY have Vat
been received 1t tie DepaFlmsni, but
the computations made By engineering
officers show that 10 attain rs knots Of
speed the engines mus have mads IS
Eevolutians per minnle. which would tn
dicate the desel0pmento Of the $500 horss
poweF required By the onnlEacf. On
yostsrdayaa trial tho vegsnl vas n0t
dewn 20 her fall load line. lacking
zoo tens Of the weight of her full equip
as being beyond doubt thal the AllanIN
will be able With full equlpmant ID
mako sea speed of Is knots for which L
she was designed.
The Atlanta returned from q alx
houra' trial trip up the Sound % S:AS |
| this moEning. The trip bad been made /
| from Of Willetf's Poinf, up tbs Midd.e |
Rock Ground Channel, pAsl the Exeon- /
ti0n Rock nader . spanking breeze and /
ohappy sea and return. For the aix /
hours trial trip the vessel cleared tie i
wAita ears with elagAnee under q full i
pressure, sometimes reaching l6s{ knots /
"a hoaK and az others only "a. the aver
eRe speed being over l55{ knota. The
engines worked aplendidly, but they did
not Develop thsl power which vas ex-
peoied it would Be safe 70 press oa them
IN eases Of emergency, as In helion for
instance. This may, however not prove
80 bad uhnn tbs machinery gets toned
~ constant running. Il is anticipated
that she ean % II knots an hour whom
the cylinder and bearings Of The engines
bscolae smooth By working.
National Dfstrict Assembly.
PITrsBun0, April lls--The Knights OF
Labor in this district have formed .
National District Assembly Of iron and
steel workers.. and az application will
be made next week 20 MF. P0Wdaxly for
9 charter. The movement vas in
angurete4 two nontha ago and has met
will start out with 20 local assemblies
and Q total membernhip OF over 400 1
Il win include every class Of skilled aud (
nnskilled labor employed In iron and ]
steel works thFonRhout aha oounlFy. I
Pittaburg is 10 be specially favored IL I
conducting the business of the Natioaai {
disiFiot. Il Il expected thai headqneg-
ters will he here. Tue ofiioera will cou. 4
siat Maltaf Workman, Grand Worthy
Foreman and an executive board Of
seven. Il is Afoaad that as PiilabuKe Is
the strong hold Of iron workers the z
affairs Of the National dintricf should :
be transacted hsrs. Sab distEieta will {
be located IN every iran centre 10 the 2
country, including Chicago. New York,
uinoinnati and 6l. Louis. IL
IAqaaR Statistics.
WAannoroH, April l4.--In the GUAR
terry report Of The Chief Of the Bnreau .
Of Statistics, the consumption Of dis :
titled and malt liquors and sines and 4
the estimates mAde BY recognized nu- 4
thoFities. were dwelt upon at some {
length. Tbs consumption Of distilled :
Spirits. domestic and imported IN this 4
oountFy waa shoWn 10 have Increased !,
from 1900. 200 gallons IL 1870 % 727.- \
10000 gallons IN 1856 Of wines from 3
z1,O0o 900 10 6fo00,000 naliens. A
n. n. BArroti, editoE of The Ne0 4
York Grsosr, BY FeQneai OF the 4
ObIsf of ths Barean, whioh !
ssis foEth among other things lhs
present average expenditures IN this :
country per yeaE fer malt nad epiritn- I
COS liquoF, es beer at retail, 500. 900 .080 {
Ths dTinking population Il caiimatsd 20
be Rlk.ez5.Afz, making an average *.
pendiiure per eapitn o. &<4.60 per year |
During this period, be says, oonsump \
tfon has risen from 3 2.l0 peands !
per oaplfa - . 1i.f00 pounds. These 2
fness sh0w that stimuaais are driving Y
o1t their compositions e
PAFaenca - ne Presfdenf. =
wAsKmoros, April A. The Presidsnt q
has tAkea neiisn en the appileatign for
1 pardon Il the following Gases. II. II.
nonRs, Who was e0nvio1ed Of eEnbez. 4.
ding money from the malls. aud sen :
taneed y nine years tmBfIsonment IL J.
Chester, vas paKdsned. w. h. BEanum,
nov Bsrrina q nentanco in The N0uthern =
Illinois penitsntlaFy for breaking into q !,
poalofase With intent 10 st8al, wss par J,
a0ned. Pardon Wns dsnisd ln The case !,
af Geo. B. DeFRheFtys eunsieted Of eFAd \.
Ing the lava. In the case Of Seiah @. I
Darsll, oeovicted % ooanterfeltine, and
Sentenced 10 ID yeass IN The Erie e0unty
she President oommuaed =
he sentence 70 10 ysars; be has already .
been In eonhnemsnt about years. Par ,
lon was granted % 3. B. Walton, late Z
Teller Of fhs First National Bank 0f o
. aaA - Il =.
lalss entries. B. Resell, oonvioted Of j
sounterfaiainQ In Massachusetts,, Wm. q
convicted Of rohbinR ths i
nails and ssntenced 10 10 ysars impris- 9.
1nmeni In the Southern kllinois penl a
Ien6iaky, we're paFdoned. Adverse az D
lion uas taken IN she following onses: II
Wm. LebaEon, NoEihsxn fisifiat OF q
IlIinois; Thomas Moody. Western Dis 9
Iriet Of Texas; and George Middan, II
Esstera Distrisl OF Pdnnss ivania- All q
.he pardona neufionsd above a. grated n
gers arantad on the rsoommendation Of Q.
he ofdasrs who eondueted the pr0seeu- z
Iione. a
Fsr ne safety II Passenger. 3
NRw YoKx, April 14.--Fhs Tims Con- =
gsufion af hsliroad snpeflntanders q =
I'D Managers conoiudsd its Session stis =
sftefnooa. Iha rev EIDE. which uaa =
adopted aix months az, =
gas bFoasht up aRain and nd0pted. By :.
Ihis eods q unifofm system 81 nienais =
b. lBmpa, steam Whistles and othtr
mathods is established for ell The reads
a. the convention Nearly q
.H ths Foa1s were fspreseated. Tue L,
zuiform methods and regulations for "a
tins aud starting traina. rules for run :
EinR on q singia fFauk. and foF runnina II
ND side tracking are inciudsd h ths
so1a. fhe general intent u the neW
5oae u 10 insurs safety % passengers =.
nd fFeiqhf. rhe plan foF . system OF y
IslaQfaphio signals uaa also inlrodnosd 9.
nd proyislouaiiy adsptsd- ItWill oome =
ID as tie 0st9beF session.
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